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  A New Paradigm Shift

  As an applied climatologist (meteorologist & physical oceanographer), I applaud your well articulated comments about "climate change".
  The equation is quite simple:  Increasing population + limited natural resources (renewable and non renewable) = lower standard of living.
  Technology has and can sustain our quality of life, but can do only so much at a time.

  The history of the human race as been replete with doom and gloom, and what is occurring these days is probably no different.  However, the explosion of instantaneous communication has just help to exaggerate these dire predictions.  Truth be told, worldwide, the standard of living is at the highest level (materially) since the dawn of man.  We may have lost are spiritual way but I believe that people's relationship to nature and their environment may be just what the doctor ordered for this new renaissance.  At least one can only hope.

  It seems like we're on the cusp of a paradigm shift in how humans relate to and live in the environment.  Maybe the global warming thing is just a final push to do so.

  Jan Curtis
  Wyoming, USAOn It's the wrong lever for creating social change posted 2 years, 7 months ago 11 Responses